Crime in Hillside, New Jersey
Updated ·Vorp Labs
The model puts major crime in Hillside at 44% above the U.S. rate per resident: 30% lower for persons crimes and 1.6 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.9% from a year earlier.
- Modeled from FBI crime data for the police agencies serving Hillside. Where an agency didn't report to the FBI, its totals are estimated from its past reports or similar agencies.
- The model estimates about 24.7 major crimes per 1,000 residents a year (2.2 violent, 22.5 property), against 17.2 for the U.S.
- By the model's major-crime rate per resident, Hillside is higher than 85% of the 364 other New Jersey places and 81% of the 8,446 other places nationwide on CrimeMetric.
Where these numbers come from
The estimates start from what police agencies report to the FBI, modeled across Hillside's 18 census block groups for 23,163 residents. How New Jersey residents' crime totals reach the FBI: detailed incident reports for 79.1%, summary counts only for 14.7% and estimates from past reports or similar agencies for 6.2% (shares of 2020 residents). Sources · Method
- Year: many show an agency's last full FBI year (often two years back). These figures are the model's estimate for the current year, release 2026-11-10.
- Crimes counted: some add simple assault, vandalism or drug offenses to "violent" or "property" crime; here major crime is persons plus property crime, and social disorder is separate.
- Area: an agency's totals cover its jurisdiction, which can differ from the city's limits; these are summed over the block groups inside Hillside.
- Scale: a grade or a 1-to-100 score ranks places against each other; a rate per 1,000 residents and an index against the U.S. rate don't.
Rates are the model's estimates of reported crime per 1,000 residents a year. Index: 100 is the U.S. rate per resident; 200 is twice it. How we calculated this
How crime varies across Hillside
Half of residents live where the major-crime index is between 81 and 146.
- 0–500.0%
- 50–10056.8%
- 100–20028.8%
- 200–4002.1%
- 400+12.2%
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 2.3 times the U.S. rate
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Highest on weekday daytimes
100 is the U.S. rate, same hours.
Expected major crime fell 8.9% in a year; across New Jersey it fell 10.2%
Change in the model's expected crimes, not a count of reports; New Jersey in gray. 2031 is a model projection, not tested against past years.
Hillside against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents
215 of the 2,480 other places of this size have a major-crime index at least 15% above Hillside's, and 229 are within 15% of it; the middle of the group is 67. The 9 nearest in population:
U.S. = 100. Residents in gray.
Hillside's major-crime index is higher than 6, lower than 1 and within 15% of 1 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The closest, Irvington (2 mi), is 16% below Hillside's rate.
U.S. = 100. Miles between population centers.
Questions about crime in Hillside
Is Hillside safe?
Hillside's major-crime index is 144, 44% above the U.S. rate per resident and higher than 85% of the 364 other New Jersey places on CrimeMetric: violent crimes against people are 30% below the U.S. rate, and property crimes 1.6 times the U.S. rate.
What is the crime rate in Hillside?
The model expects about 573 major crimes a year in Hillside, about 24.7 per 1,000 residents, 44% above the U.S. rate.
Is crime going up or down in Hillside?
Expected major crimes in Hillside are down 8.9% from a year earlier; across New Jersey they're down 10.2%.
What are the most common crimes in Hillside?
By the model's expected count, the most common crimes against people and property are shoplifting (about 168 a year), theft from vehicle (about 122 a year) and other larceny (about 117 a year).
Are car break-ins common in Hillside?
The model expects about 122 thefts from vehicles a year in Hillside, 2.0 times the U.S. rate per resident.
Are car thefts common in Hillside?
The model expects about 77 motor vehicle thefts a year in Hillside, 2.1 times the U.S. rate per resident.
Is Hillside safe at night?
The model's major-crime index is 135 on Sunday to Thursday nights from 6pm to 6am, against 165 at its highest in the daytime; 100 is the U.S. rate for the same hours. That's a citywide estimate per resident for those hours: it can't speak to a particular street, venue or evening. For one address, use the address lookup on this page.
Is crime in Hillside higher than the New Jersey average?
Hillside's major-crime index is 144, 1.8 times the New Jersey rate per resident. New Jersey as a whole is 78, where 100 is the U.S. rate.
How does crime in Hillside compare with Irvington?
Irvington, 2 miles away, has a major-crime index of 122, 16% below Hillside's rate per resident. Hillside's is 144.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI or estimated where it didn't report, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Hillside's figures add up its 18 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Hillside has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 23,163. Model updated Nov 10, 2026. Release 2026-11-10
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Hillside, New Jersey." Vorp Labs, updated November 9, 2026 (model Nov 10, 2026). https://crimemetric.com/nj/hillside
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